Meet Our Staff

 

Pastor Jim Baker was saved on December 27, 1987 and surrendered to the call to ministry in 1989. He received his Associates Degree in Pastoral Ministry in 1993 and his Bachelor's Degree with a concentration in Evangelism in 1994 from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He also received his Masters Degree in Leadership from Luther Rice Seminary in 2006.

 

He was ordained by Blue Creek Baptist Church in Billings, Montana in September 1994 and served there through June 1995. He went back to school at New Orleans to pursue his Masters. He then accepted the call as pastor of Eastside Baptist Church in Sumter, SC from October 1997 to August 2001. From then until April 2007, he was pastor of Wayside Baptist Church in Bishopville, SC.

 

He is married to Sandy Morris Baker. They have 4 grown children: Michael, Heather, Bryan, and Michelle. Pastor Jim's hobbies include hunting, fishing, gardening, and singing.

 

Pastor Jim has a tremendous heart for lost souls. Each year he and a team of Grays Hill Baptist Church members travel as a construction team to Nicaragua. His primary objective is to pastor a Great Commission Church and possess a desire for growth, and to see people's lives eternally changed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.